Understanding risk – helping investors better understand investment risk and how to factor it into their decision making

Help – encouraging and enabling investors to seek information or advice before making decisions

Regulatory interventions – ensuring investor outcomes are always considered when the FMA exercises its regulatory functions.

We’ll be working closely with the Commission for Financial Capability (CFFC) and the financial services industry to deliver on the strategy. Improved investor capability helps with the government’s goal of ‘everyone getting ahead financially’ as set out in the Government Statement on Building Financial Capability.